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ERIC Number: EJ725703
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Nov-1
Pages: 3
Abstractor: Author
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Social Predictors of Sunscreen and Self-Tanning Product Use
Mosher, Catherine E.; Danoff-Burg, Sharon
Journal of American College Health, v54 n3 p166 Nov 2005
This study investigated social predictors of sunscreen and self-tanning product use among 164 undergraduates. Immediate family members' sunscreen use predicted participants' facial sunscreen use while sunbathing but not their sunscreen use on other areas of the body. In addition, familial support of a tanned appearance was inversely associated with self-tanning product use, whereas romantic partners' support of a tanned appearance was positively associated with this behavior. The results of this study suggest that it may be important to include socially significant others in interventions for reducing the risk of skin cancer in college students. (Contains 1 note.)
Heldref Publications, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, 1319 Eighteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036-1802. Web site: http://www.heldref.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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